The clinic will offer three types of procedures: reconstruction for cancer patients, breast augmentation for those with small breasts and breast reduction for those with large breasts, Dr V Rama Devi, head of plastic surgery at the hospital in Chennai (formerly Madras), told the BBC.

While breast reduction and reconstruction will be free, women seeking augmentation will have to pay for implants.

Dr Devi said this was because the need for augmentation was often due to "psychological problems".